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Church minister shot dead in the Philippines

Church minister shot dead in the Philippines

Church leaders are coming under attack in the Philippines.A lay minister of the Philippine Independent Church (PIC) was shot dead by motorbike-riding assassins while walking home from church.

22 October 2010

Bishop of Colombo issues statement about "travesty of justice"

Bishop of Colombo issues statement about "travesty of justice"

A Statement by the Rt. Revd. Duleep de Chickera, the Bishop of Colombo. "Having just returned to the country from travel overseas I wish to express my disapproval and disappointment with the recent sentence and imprisonment of Gen. Sarath Fonseka.

18 October 2010

Archbishop's Chevening Lecture at the British Council, New Delhi

Archbishop's Chevening Lecture at the British Council, New Delhi

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, on a two week visit to India, today gave the Chevening lecture in New Delhi at the invitation of the High Commissioner Sir Richard Stagg.  The lecture was hosted by the British Council. Among dozens of sermons, talks and seminar interventions by the Archbishop during his visit to eight major cities, this was the only keynote lecture.

15 October 2010

Support helps Peshawar Diocese's Mental Health Centre weather global recession

Support helps Peshawar Diocese's Mental Health Centre weather global recession

The Peshawar Diocese as the Body of Christ promotes Peace and Reconciliation through its various Health, Education and Welfare programmes, which are excellent examples of ‘minority helping the majority’, but the Mental Health Centre, Peshawar, bears a unique witness, and provides its services to all without discrimination of cast and creed.

13 October 2010

Call to protect Christians after "most beautiful school" lost to Quran anger violence.

Call to protect Christians after "most beautiful school" lost to Quran anger violence.

The Bishop of Amritsar has called on the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil to protect Christians in northern India after a mob burned down the oldest school in Kashmir and also attacked other Christian institutions.

15 September 2010

A Plea to Withdraw the Eighteenth Amendment

A Plea to Withdraw the Eighteenth Amendment

A Statement by the Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of Colombo... Many sections of the population are deeply alarmed at the possible repercussions the proposed 18th Amendment to the Constitution will have on our system of democratic governance.

07 September 2010

Aid group laments response to Pakistan's 'heart-wrenching' floods

Aid group laments response to Pakistan's 'heart-wrenching' floods

Bangalore, India, 19 August (ENI)- Church-backed aid groups are calling for people around the world to step up to the plate and help those suffering the worst floods in the history of Pakistan, with one agency describing the international response as, "far from adequate".

20 August 2010

A Message for Peace for the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea.

A Message for Peace for the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea.

In the anniversary year of Japan's annexation of Korea, a message for peace by The Most Revd. Nathanael Makoto Uematsu, Primate of NSKK and Bishop of Hokkaido and The Rt. Revd. David Shoji Tani, Chairman of the Peace and Justice Committee, NSKK and Bishop of Okinawa

15 August 2010

Pakistan: Churches launch emergency relief program following devastating floods

Pakistan: Churches launch emergency relief program following devastating floods

The Diocese of Peshawar has launched an emergency relief and rescue program for families affected by the recent monsoons and flooding in Pakistan as the death toll from the natural disaster rose above 1,200.

03 August 2010

Marking Gojra - a year on

Marking Gojra - a year on

A year has now passed since the killing of a group of Christians at Gojra in the province of Punjab in Pakistan, on August 1 2009. Eight people were burnt alive and many others had their houses destroyed and lost all their possessions.

02 August 2010